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The finance department is considering whether the spin-off company of scandal-plagued consultancy firm PwC is ethically sound enough for government contracts.

Perth-based Adenco, a contractor engaged by the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP and Roy Hill, has been acquired by rapidly expanding UK-based engineering firm RSK Group.

A Cockburn Central power line business that has been operating for more than 30 years has been snapped up by New South Wales-based resources services provider RSGx.

A $12 million apartment block has been approved for a vacant site along Canning Highway that has been described as an "eyesore", next to the Metro Hotel in South Perth.

As calls mount for Qantas boss Richard Goyder to resign, Qatar Airways has revealed what happened when it asked the Albanese government for extra flights.

The WA Government has ordered a multimillion offshore patrol vessel capable of combatting drug runners and illegal fishing off the North West coast.

Divisive Andrews bows out early

A court-imposed injunction on seismic testing by Woodside Energy will continue until the end of Thursday at the earliest, following a Federal Court hearing in Perth today.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss the lessons learned during ASX reporting season.

Soaring US bond yields are pressuring equities as markets digest the probability that interest rates will stay higher for longer.

The federal government’s employment white paper addresses a wide range of issues, but business groups warn it could be nullified by proposed industrial relations changes.

The latest company reporting season was characterised by budget blowouts but also opportunities for growth in a changing economy.

Hancock Prospecting has acquired another batch of Liontown Resources shares and continued to air concerns of production and cost risks surrounding the Kathleen Valley development.

Mining contractor Perenti Group is set to acquire local competitor DDH1 after securing the nod of approval from the federal court.

Black Cat Syndicate has secured $60 million funding to restart the Paulsens gold mine in the Pilbara, before turning its attention to the Coyote and Kal East projects.

One of the state’s biggest olive farm, representing more than one in every six commercially-cultivated trees, has been put on the block.

Women inside and outside the force are working hard to lift representation and recognition.

The economic value Western Australia’s racing industry exceeded $1 billion in the 2021-22 financial year, up more than $330 million against pre-pandemic figures.

Collapsed residential builder Babylon Homes and Construction has been fined $23,000 after it carried out work without a permit, supervisor or home indemnity insurance.

A WA firm chosen to build a workforce village in Kalbarri has gone bust one month after being dropped as preferred proponent by the state government.

There are legitimate reasons to vote no if you so choose, but those put forward by the anti-Voice camp aren't it.

Vanadium explorer Technology Metals has won support of major shareholders for a $217 million merger with fellow critical minerals company Australian Vanadium Limited.

RAC Group ended the financial year with a $46 million profit, significantly up from the $7.97 million recorded in the previous reporting period.

Tony Poli-chaired Aigle Royal Group has received approval to build a multi-million-dollar commercial precinct around its $80 million Costco warehouse.

ANZ has been ordered to pay a $15 million penalty after admitting to misleading more than 186,000 customers over fees and interest charged.

Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources plans to raise more than $1 billion through five-year senior unsecured notes to generate capital expenditure funds.

Strike Energy has become the Perth Basin’s newest gas producer, commissioning gas into the state’s Parmelia pipeline from its Walyering joint venture project.

There's been a dip in in consumer confidence as rising petrol prices nudge inflation expectations, which could be of note to the Reserve Bank.

Labor jobs plan ‘ruined by IR laws’

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s father Donald Forrest has died aged 95 surrounded by family at his “ancestral home” Minderoo Station.

Qantas will invest a further $80 million in customer improvements across financial year 2024 in addition to the $150 million previously budgeted, which will be funded from profits.

Senior journalists Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the emergence of the oyster industry in WA.